🇪🇸 Málaga vs Villarreal 🇪🇸 — Prediction
La Liga · Matchday 6 · Thu, 17 Sept 2026, 21:30 CEST · Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga
Why we called it
Promoted Malaga are in the bottom three with two points and only two goals scored, though Adrian Nino is back from injury and netted the late equaliser at Celta, and Funes is without Diarra, Ochoa, Lobete, Murillo and Calero; Larrubia, Juan Cruz and Chupe or Nino form the attack. Villarreal are still winless (two draws, two defeats, latest a 3-2 home loss to Deportivo plus a 3-2 defeat at Dortmund) and play Betis three days earlier, but Pepe has two league goals and Mikautadze and Moleiro provide the quality, with Foyth and Carlos Romero doubtful. Odds of 3.60 / 3.75 / 2.05 make the Yellow Submarine a clear but not overwhelming favourite, so a one-goal away win. Villarreal have conceded at least twice in every game this season and Nino has sharpened Malaga's attack, so Goal.